शिरस् — {śíras} n. (prob. originally {śaras} = {karas}##and connected with {karaṅka}, q.v.) the head, skull (acc. with √{dā}, 'to give up one's head i.e. life'##with √{dhṛ}, or √{vah}, 'to hold up one's head, be proud'##with Caus. of √{vṛt} or with {upa-√sthā}, 'to hold out the head', 'acknowledge one's self guilty', {śirôpasthāyin}##instr. with √{grah}, √{dhā}, √{dhṛ}, {vi-√dhṛ}, √{bhṛ}, √{vah}, or √{kṛ}, 'to hold or carry or place on the head, receive deferentially'##instr. with √{gam}, {abhi-√gam}, {pra-√grah}, √{yā}, {pra-ṇam} [√{nam}], {ni-√pat}, {pra-ṇi-√pat}, 'to touch with the head, bow or fall down before'##loc. with √{kṛ} or {ni-√dhā}, 'to place on one's head'##loc. with √{sthā}, 'to be on or stand over a person's head, stand far above {gen.})' &c. &c##the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme &c##the forepart or van (of an army)##the beginning (of a verse)##(ifc.) the head, leader, chief, foremost, first (of a class)##N. of the verse {āpo jyotir āpo'mṛtam} &c##of a Sāman (also with {indrasya})##of a mountain [Cf. {śīrṣan}##Gk. ? &c. ; Lat. {cerebrum} for [1072, 2] {ceresrum}, {cornu} ; Germ. {hirni}, {ḥirn} ; Eng. {horn}.]
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